UK ‘pharmacist who joined IS’ caught by Kurdish forces in Syria

A British man, claiming to be a pharmacist from Birmingham, has been detained by US-backed Kurdish forces on suspicion of being part of the Islamic State. 

The man, who says his name is Anwar Miah, was arrested inside Syria, near the Iraqi border nearly a month ago. 

Footage posted by a pro-Kurdish social media account claimed that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and a YPG patrol arrested the man. 

US-backed Kurdish forces captured Anwar Miah in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour a month ago, the BBC reported.

In the video posted on Saturday, the man spoke with a British accent and said he had lived in Syria for “just under four years”.

Miah appears to be handcuffed and blindfolded in the footage, as a French foreign fighter for the SDF questions him